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The Meters – Mardi Gras Mambo Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsA E D

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[Verse]
A
Down in New Orleans
E
Where the blues was born
E                             A
It takes a cool cat to blow a horn
A                      E
On LaSalle and Rampart Street
E                              A
The combo's there with a mambo beat

[Chorus]
D
The Mardi Gras mambo, mambo, mambo
A
Party Gras mambo, mambo, mambo
E
Mardi Gras mambo, ooh
               A
Down in New Orleans

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[Verse]
A                               E
In Gert Town where the cats all meet
E
There's a Mardi Gras
             A
mambo with a beat
A                            E
Join the Chief with the Zulu gang
E
And truck on down where
the mambo's swing
[Chorus]
D
The Mardi Gras mambo, mambo, mambo
A
Party Gras mambo, mambo, mambo
E
Mardi Gras mambo, ooh
               A
Down in New Orleans

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[Verse]
A
Down in New Orleans
E
Where the blues was born
E                             A
It takes a cool cat to blow a horn
A                      E
On LaSalle and Rampart Street
E                              A
The combo's there with a mambo beat

[Chorus]
D
The Mardi Gras mambo, mambo, mambo
A
Party Gras mambo, mambo, mambo
E
Mardi Gras mambo, ooh
               A
Down in New Orleans

How to play Mardi Gras Mambo: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Mardi Gras Mambo by The Meters on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Mardi Gras Mambo by The Meters keeps coming home to A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). You need 3 chords: A, E and D.

Listen for D – A – E – A (IV – I – V – I in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.